ferruginoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginis +‎ -oso.

Adjective

ferruginoso (feminine ferruginosa, masculine plural ferruginosi, feminine plural ferruginose)

1. ferruginous

Related terms

• ferrugine
• ferruginosità

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginis +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁu.ʒiˈno.zu/ [fe.hu.ʒiˈno.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁu.ʒiˈno.zu/ [fe.hu.ʒiˈno.zu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁu.ʒiˈno.zu/ [fe.χu.ʒiˈno.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ʁu.ʒiˈno.zo/ [fe.hu.ʒiˈno.zo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.ʁu.ʒiˈno.zu/

• Hyphenation: fer‧ru‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

ferruginoso (feminine ferruginosa, masculine plural ferruginosos, feminine plural ferruginosas, metaphonic)

1. ferruginous

Further reading

• “ferruginoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ferruginoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “ferruginoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ferruginoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ferruginoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ferruginoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginis +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feruxiˈnoso/ [fe.ru.xiˈno.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fe‧rru‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

ferruginoso (feminine ferruginosa, masculine plural ferruginosos, feminine plural ferruginosas)

1. ferruginous

Further reading

• “ferruginoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025